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# RSS
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[RSS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS) is a format for easily tracking updates on websites. The
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principle is simple - whenever a site is updated, a small text file is updated. An RSS reader can
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then regularly go online, check this file for updates and let the user know what's new.
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Evennia allows for connecting any number of RSS feeds to any number of in-game channels. Updates to
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the feed will be conveniently echoed to the channel. There are many potential uses for this: For
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example the MUD might use a separate website to host its forums. Through RSS, the players can then
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be notified when new posts are made. Another example is to let everyone know you updated your dev
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blog. Admins might also want to track the latest Evennia updates through our own RSS feed
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[here](https://code.google.com/feeds/p/evennia/updates/basic).
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## Configuring RSS
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To use RSS, you first need to install the [feedparser](https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/) python
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module.
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pip install feedparser
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Next you activate RSS support in your config file by settting `RSS_ENABLED=True`.
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Start/reload Evennia as a privileged user. You should now have a new command available, `@rss2chan`:
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@rss2chan <evennia_channel> = <rss_url>
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### Setting up RSS, step by step
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You can connect RSS to any Evennia channel, but for testing, let's set up a new channel "rss".
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@ccreate rss = RSS feeds are echoed to this channel!
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Let's connect Evennia's code-update feed to this channel. The RSS url for evennia updates is
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`https://github.com/evennia/evennia/commits/master.atom`, so let's add that:
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@rss2chan rss = https://github.com/evennia/evennia/commits/master.atom
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That's it, really. New Evennia updates will now show up as a one-line title and link in the channel.
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Give the `@rss2chan` command on its own to show all connections. To remove a feed from a channel,
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you specify the connection again (use the command to see it in the list) but add the `/delete`
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switch:
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@rss2chan/delete rss = https://github.com/evennia/evennia/commits/master.atom
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You can connect any number of RSS feeds to a channel this way. You could also connect them to the
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same channels as [IRC](./IRC.md) to have the feed echo to external chat channels as well.
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